Free Monk book. Woot...
is it advantageous for the cb to leave the slate during the break shot?
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His definition of a "follow stroke" is apparently just with less power than a "punch stroke", regardless of where you hit the CB. I think those terms are misleading and counter-educational - wouldn't recommend the book.
pj
chgo
my bad. I remembered I'd seen the book online before, so I searched it out for this thread.
edited my og post, tho that's also been reproduced..
If the ball is rolling before it hits anything it was struck with a follow stroke regardless of where the tip struck.
If he said you can follow by hitting low or you don't need to hit real high, that's close enough for me. If it's humid you just about have to hit every shot low just to keep the ball from getting away.
I was going to mention him. He hopped it high enough that it was in the air long enough to avoid getting kicked into a pocket. He said that’s why he did it that way.
Don't think he says that either. It seems to be about force, regardless of outcome (although it's not very clear).
pj
chgo
Isn't that built in though? Less force = better hookup. Shooting downward slightly maximizes traction too.
Worse yet is when people attempt to use "gription"...lol
boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
Yeah, I'll be honest I didn't work through any of the exercises in the book, but the "mental side" self help type stuff is decent. I could see it really helping a player who was having issues in competition and in a slump due to that. I can't comment on the mechanics in there as I didn't try them on the table. I'll take your word for it though. I bought the book, read some of it, skipped the exercises since I read it at work and now I have no idea where it's at.
To be clear, I didn't get past the terminology I mentioned - I don't know about the rest of his instruction. But his bad terminology suggests limited understanding of pool principles.
pj
chgo
boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
You're probably right but you gotta remember, this was released in 1995. Pool and it's related terminology has became much more available to us in the last 10 years. It's probably much easier to write a book now that to do it in 1995 after locking yourself in the basement for months at your table. It's kind of like anything, sometimes you have to sift through some gravel and sand to find the nuggets.
I understand there are many pool books from the time period that use correct terminology, but a dude wrote and published a book and described his winning "ways" as best as he could. Sometimes you have to interpret using your own knowledge. There is a lot of nuggets in it, but you have to dump the gravel back into the creek.
Hooked up means perfect rolling. It's a drag racing expression. Traction in this case is the immediate hookup when shooting down at the ball.
I'd use bitetion.